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No. 445,566. Patented Feb. 8,1891..

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. MEITZLER, OF CINCINNATI, OIIIO, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMESIIALII FOOTE, OF SAME PLACE.

REFLECTING NIONYQTILL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,566, dated February3, 1891. Application filed July 17, 1890. Serial No. 359,069. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. MEITZLEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of I-Iamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reflecting'Money-Tills; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, reference being had to theannexed drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to those money drawers or tills which have aseries of pits, pockets, or bowls for the reception of assorted change;and my improvement consists in loeating a mirror or other reflector at asuitable angle within a case or cabinet containing said bowls or pits.By this simple expedient the till can be placed so high as to be out ofthe reach of small boys, and yet permit an adult to see the contents ofeach bowl as clearly as though they were arranged within a drawerbeneath the counter, table, or desk, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedreecting money-till. Eig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, taken inthe plane of the pit D.

A represents an inclosing case or cabinet, and B is a horizontaldivision of the saine, which division is provided with any desirednumber of pits, pockets, or bowls for containing assorted change; but inthe present instance iive bowls C, D, E, F, and G are shown, said bowlsbeing arranged near the front of the case, while a level or un pittedportion of said division is left in the rear of these bowls. Thisunpitted portion is seen at H in Fig. 2.

I is a mirror or other suitable reflector inclining from the rear ofthis division to the front of case A, where an opening J is made for thepurpose of exposing said mirror from end to end and from top to bottom.This re- Ilector can be pitched at any desired inclination; but for mostpurposes an angle of fortytive degrees will be found the most effective.Owing to this arrangement of reflector, the pits or bowls C D E F Gappear in said mirror, as seen at c d cfg in Fig. l, and it is evidentthe contents of said bowls will be revealedin the same clear anddistinct manner. It is also evident that bank notes or other valuablesdeposited upon the rear portion H of division B will be plainlyreilected in said mirror. By thus being able to see the contents of thebowls without looking directly into them the case may be secured at anelevation where the division B will be about on a level with an adultseye, and yet the exact change can be made correctly and with thegreatest facility.

As the elevated cabinet is out of the reach of small boys, my reflectingmoney-till will be especially adapted for use in beer-gardens, saloons,and otherfrequented places. Finally, a drawer K may be fitted in thebase ot the cabinet.

I claim as my invention- The combination, in a money drawer or till, ofa case or cabinet A, having an opening J in it, a division B, providedwith a series of pits or bowls for containing -assorted change, and areflector Linclined at such an angle as to expose said bowls and theircontents, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix mysignature in presence of two Witnesses.

GEORGE R. MEITZLER.

Witnesses:

JAMES II. LAYuAN, FRANCIS M. BIDDLE.

